Energy Planning and Sustainable Development

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Regular classes with detailed presentation, using audiovisual means, of the concepts, principles and  fundamental theories.

Seminars driven by students according to previously assigned themes.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the students will know the available resources to the energy planning, such as the generation, control of demand and energy storage technologies, as well with the structure of energy systems. The students will also understand the structure of demand and generation and the different tools to ensure the optimization between supply and demand, becoming able to develop energy plans for local and national level.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1) Sustainable Development

a) Energy and sustainable development

b) Climate changes and mitigation strategies

c) GHG emissions from electricity generation

2) Energy Planning Models

a) Conventional models and Integrated Resource Planning

b) Planning options and steps

3) Energy generation resources

a) Conventional generation

b) Renewable generation

c) Distributed generation

4) Planning and Management of Power Plants

a) Role of different types of power plants in the loads diagram

b) Dispatchable and intermittent power

c) Integration into the grid of intermittent generation

5) Energy Demand as a Planning Resource

a) Demand-Side Management resources

b) Demand-Side flexibility

6) Energy Storage

a) Energy storage technologies

b) Integration of energy storage into the grid

7) New Challenges and Tools of Energy Planning

a) Evolution of the electrical grid

b) Electric mobility and impact in the electrical grid

c) Smart Grids

 

Head Lecturer(s)

Pedro Manuel Soares Moura

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 50.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

* Seifi, H., Sepasian, (2011) – Electric Power System Planning -Issues, Algorithms and Solutions, Springer.

* Sullivan, R. (1997) – Power System Planning, McGraw-Hill.

* World Bank (2011) – World development report -Development and Climate Change.

* EIA (2013) – International Energy Outlook 2013, U.S. Energy Information Administration.

* de Almeida A., Fonseca P., et al., (1998) –  An introduction to Integrated Resource Planning, Development with Sustainable Use of Electricity, Ed. S. Norgard et al., Kluwer.

* de Almeida A., Moura P., et al., (2007) – Distributed Generation and Demand Side Management, Handbook of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, CRC Press.

* Moura P., de Almeida A., (2010) – Large Scale Integration of Wind Power Generation, Handbook of Power Systems, Springer Press.

* Gellings, C., (2009) – The Smart Grid: Enabling Energy Efficiency and Demand Response, Fairmont Press.